If a question arises between a tenant and his landholder—
(a)as to the right to make an improvement; or
(b)as to whether a work contravenes the provisions of section 48; or
(c)as to whether a particular work is an improvement; or
(d)as to the right to the benefit of an improvement under section 51,
the sub-divisional officer shall, on the application of either party, decide the question and submit the record of the case for confirmation of the order passed by him to the collector.